Arcana:

(LEONARD, HERMAN). Leonard, Herman. Paris: Editions Filipacchi, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Music Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 203pp, profusely illustrated in b&w photogravure. Text in English and French. Noted American Jazz photographer Herman Leonard's second monograph, "Jazz Memories" was published only in France. Featured inside are smoky, sumptuous portraits of the crème de la crème of the postwar American Jazz scene, along with the photographer's own handwritten reminiscences. Included are Ella Fitzgerald, Stephane Grappelli, Gerry Mulligan, Quincy Jones, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Sonny Rollins, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Bud Powell, Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Count Basie, Dexter Gordon, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Ben Webster, Joe Williams, Nat King Cole, Billie Holliday, Lena Horne, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Lester Young, Quincy Jones, Ray Brown, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Stan Kenton, Thelonious Monk, Billy Eckstine, Errol Garner, Cannonball Adderley, Tony Bennett, Roy Eldridge, Sonny Rollins and dozens more. A most handsome example BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by Herman Leonard in blue felt-tip pen on the half title page with a photocopied translation of the French text laid in. 2-85018-247-8 Inventory Number: 018230